Power, Policy & Dependency Structures

Examines the gap between collective bargaining agreements and the economic geography of EV supply chains, and the structural limits of just transition frameworks in protecting workers outside direct OEM employment.

Shows how capacity fade over charge cycles increases the effective EV operational carbon per km, progressively extending BBM beyond its point-of-sale calculation — a dynamic effect no certification standard accounts for.

Applies the DAJC formula to four documented EV transition cases to produce the net job displacement figure that investment announcements systematically omit.

Introduces the Battery Break-Even Mileage formula and applies it to five national grids and three battery chemistries, producing the matrix that inverts the universal 'EVs are always greener' claim.

Introduces the Drivetrain Labour Intensity Ratio and constructs the DAJC formula by tracing the labour content of ICE and EV drivetrains through the tiered supply chain.

Constructs the numerator of the BBM formula by auditing the full cradle-to-first-charge carbon of a traction battery across mining, refining, cell manufacture, and pack assembly.

A three-part forensic series introducing the Mobility Premium Burden metric to expose how mandatory auto insurance functions as a regressive mobility tax whose incidence falls heaviest on the populations with the fewest alternatives.

Maps the insurance industry's retreat from climate-exposed geographies and traces how the resulting gap between insured mobility cost and total mobility risk creates new forms of car-dependent financial vulnerability.

Dissects the territorial rating, credit-scoring, and telematics-based pricing systems that determine automotive insurance premiums, tracing how each mechanism systematically disadvantages low-income, minority, and rural households.

Introduces the Mobility Premium Burden metric and applies it across income quintiles and geographies to demonstrate that the same dollar premium imposes categorically different burdens depending on household mobility alternatives.